Thursday, January 17, 2013

A Response Essay on the movie 'Brave'

-This is my Response Essay on the movie Brave that we watched together on Friday. I was a little bit shocked because of  the request that we have to write over 500 words. But I think writing essay over 500 words isn't something difficult after writing this essay. Please read this essay and leave the comments!-

Do you know the movie 'Brave'? In this movie, there was an unusual princess who likes to do archery and her parents ordered. her to marry with other tribes' princes. So, she went to the witch and tried to change her mother and her fate. From that situation, her great adventure started. If you listen the plot, you could think that it is just princess's kind of adventure movie but this movie is very touching and has many lessons.
First, I will give you basic information about the characters. The story happens around Merida. Merida is the princess who I mentioned already. She is really unusual and different from other princesses like Cinderella or Snow white. She likes archery and riding horses. And the queen Elinor is her mother and she is really strict about Merida's behaviors. She says to Merida "Don't do that.", "It's not the right behavior for princess.",  "It's not allowed for princess." or kind of like that.







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Second, the personality that I  want to change. The movie was about Merida and her mother. So, there were more things that I wanted to change than other characters. For Merida, I think cutting the taqpestry was a cruel behavior. The tapestry was queen Elinor's most precious and important thing because, she tried hard to make it and sewed her families' picture. However, queen Elinor was cruel to Merida too. Even though, she is angry at Merida's behaviors, she has not to throw the Merida's bow to the brazier. Both of them just wanted others listen to them. They just said "Listen!". And they didn't try to understand each other. If they tried to listen and understand , they could have a good relationship. I think the witch who gave cake to Merida is very clever and wise. The mother became a bear because of that cake so, Merida and Elinor had to get out of the castle. And they experienced some dangerous situations 'together'  to make Elinor change back to a person. Because of this, Merida could understand her mother Elinor and Elinor could understand her daughter Merida. Both of them changed to people who can listen to others and try to understand others.

Third, the lesson from this movie. At the end of the movie, Merida had monologue. An I was really impressed a lot about the monologue. She said "Fate is within our life. And we are making to see our fate."

From this movie, I could think about the relationships between my mother and I. Even though, I am not in a good mood, I will try to understand my mother's mind and thinking. I have just one thing that I want to change in this movie. It is Merida's and the three boys' hair color. Neither king Fergus or queen  Elinor have red hair. But Merida and the three boys's hair is red. So, I want to change the hair colors to make it more realistic. I want to recommend this movie for a mother and daughter who does not good relationship!


This essay has 508 words ! And this is the  video of movie 'Brave'.



-She followed the WISP and suddenly she reached to the witch's house!
According to the legend if we follow the wisp, we can meet the fate 
(we can change the fate)

2 comments:

  1. Hi Taehui,
    This is an interesting essay on the movie "Brave". I enjoyed reading your opinions and you expressed them well. Adding video and pictures is also good. Try to put a space between your paragraphs next time. Keep up the great work!

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  2. Decent observations overall, good work. It's also good to hear that you're now confident of writing longer essays :)

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